The amount of sales tax on a new car is directly proportional to the purchase price of the car. victor bought a new car for $30,000 and paid $1,500 in sales tax. rita bought a new car from the same dealer and paid $2,375 sales tax. how much did rita pay for her car?

Rita paid 47,500 dollars for the purchase price.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the sales tax on a new car is directly proportional to the purchase price of the car which means there is is something k such that

when you multiply it to the sales tax you get the purchase price.

Let's set this equation:

y=kx

Let y represent the purchase price and x the sales tax.

The second sentence tells us that (x,y)=(1500,30000).

We can plug this into y=kx to find the constant k.  (Constant means it stays the same no matter what the input and output is).

So we have:

30000=k(1500)

300    =k(15)      I went ahead and divided previous equation by 100.

Now divide both sides by 15:

300/15=k

Simplify:

20=k

So the equation to use the answer the question is

y=20x

where y is purchase price and x is sales tax.

So we want to know the purchase price on a car if the sales tax is 2375.

So replace x with 2375:

y=20(2375)

y=47500

$47500

Step-by-step explanation:

If the amount of sales tax on a new car is directly proportional to the purchase price of the car and Victor bought a new car for $30,000 and paid $1,500 in sales tax and Rita bought a new car from the same dealer and paid $2,375 sales tax, Rita payed $47,500 for her car.

y=20(2375)

y=47500

3.how is solving radical equations different than solving linear equations?

step-by-step explanation:

54 kilometers per hour

step-by-step explanation:

according to rules:

1 km = 1000 meter

which means that 1 meter = 1/1000 km

1 hour = 3600 second [ as 1 hour = 60 min = 60 *60 seconds ]

which means that 1 second = 1/3600 hour

therefore, 1 kilometer/hour =

thus to convert 15 meter per second to kilometer per hour, we multiply 15 to 3.6 kilometer/hour.

15 meter/second=   which is the required answer.